Don’t confuse the map with the territory. physics isn’t some magic to simulate consciousness. yes lab grown brains using physical modeling is an ethical minefield. no it is not really an alternative to digital ai that we would want. (Freeform on general unease and the current zeitgeist)

Please let me know if this is the wrong place.

I want to express that I dislike the popular trend to conflate science consisting of models and theories that are good enough to make some level of predictions, with science and physics being able to fully encapsulate what “reality” is. The hype cycle and ideologues within the realms of accelerationism and the singularity have an uhh, interesting interpretation on it all.

Let’s tone down the rhetoric, *cough cough*, anthropic ceo *cough cough* Richard Dawkins et al. To put it bluntly, the machines aren’t “conscious” and know what it is to be. For them and the vulnerable population that listens to these types, I will just say that we shouldn’t anthropomorphize probabilistic algorithms nor should we plant the seed that we somehow exist in a computer simulation. I notice this all fuels legitimate delusions. That said, these AI assisted technologies are pretty impressive for what they are and can be utilized effectively to do tedious tasks if one knows what they are doing. Or just having it act as a mirror to reflect and act as a point of feedback for what you put in.

Going back to “encapsulating reality”, in my honest opinion, we live in something nobody can particularly put their finger on. It will elude us all for the rest of time and even if it feels like we know deep down, physics and its abstractions will always be a never ending trajectory in a field of vague possibilities we can try to observe and communicate with math, logic and language. But even though we don’t know what it all means, doesn’t mean we can’t create or destroy. We are integrated within it all. But I really don’t know how far we can take this as fallible as we are capable of being. And it’s almost like we are the blind leading the deaf when it comes to the potential for discovering even part of the light in a world of silence.

My belief is that the map will never get us close the territory. I’d say for all the universe cares, a digital circuit of electrons could be an analog water comuting device with an insanely slow clock time. Computation might help solve more complex technological problems for rearranging the things that shape what is real in a particular way and manipulate it however necessary to get the results we want. Playing god can only get us so far and we might regret our creations.

We really shouldn’t use potentially harmful science as a play toy for selfish means such as a career, recognition and funding. One of these concept spaces is “biocomputers” and “designer” synthetic biological entities. This might sound enticing but maybe don’t help contribute to finding a blueprint to incubate a highly complex and integrated biological living entity using approximated physical modeling. The is a hypothetical possibility that from these experiments, entities with god knows what level of conscious integration, could become trapped in a painful world where they have no mouth and they can’t scream. It is no different in ethical considerations than chimera experiments. The meta needs to be solidified more here.

I’ve just been hearing a lot of noise and receiving conflicting signals from the supposed big thinkers of the world. Beware and be aware. We don’t want history repeating itself with a fancier technical edge and polished theory to back it up. Providing the means to deploy whatever might be on the minds of bad faith actors is never a good idea.

And I want to make a general statement that Reddit is filled with reactionaries who are full of themselves and to be honest I have to evaluate myself too to not go down insane rabbit holes. To be honest I don’t think a single person on this planet, myself included knows what the hell this all means. The world is in a state of constant flux like they say so don’t worry about everything all the time. Feel free to inform people who seem careless and lacking in the empathy department. Hard science is intriguing but cold and sterile, integrate with something warmer to keep yourself alive. But anyways, almost forgot nobody should really care what I just typed but it’s ok, we are all ok. Just manage your day to day and make a contribution that is helpful to better yourself or anyone else in anyway.

Overall I’m really not saying anything new here and I apologize if it sounds like I’m beating off the wrong bush but it is what it is.